2009/8/5 Matthew Revell <[email protected]>: > Hi guys, > > In the past, we've discussed a code hosting quick-start guide, which > has arisen from several requests for a simple guide to what someone > needs to do to get their project's code onto Launchpad and ready to > work with. > > I've written the following: > > https://help.launchpad.net/Code/QuickStart/Draft
Nice one. I think it can be live now and you should mention it and ask for comments on the blog. Visually, it would be clearer if there was more indenting so that the major and minor steps stood out to the left. That may be too hard in the wiki. I think you need a small amount of introductory context information: Launchpad hosts Bazaar branches to hold source code; branches should normally be associated with a project which you should register if it is not already up there; non-open projects are welcome but need to do X; if you just want to try things out use staging. Not so much stuff that it dominates the page but enough that people know whether they're looking at the right thing. The screenshots, to me, look too much like real controls because they're in the same theme. If you for example shrink them a bit it might make it more clear. The tip re junk branches is a distraction, not a tip. In branch-name you might mention doing a branch per bug and putting the bug number in the branch name. You might need to distinguish documents for "I want to start hosting code for a new project on Launchpad" and "I want to make my first branch of an existing project." I agree re deferring discussion of series. For next steps, maybe specific links for each next path would be good. At the bottom of the page I would invite people to ask questions or give feedback through Answers or by posting to a list. > > Do you think this covers enough to get a project up and running with > LP code hosting? > > Cheers. > > -- > Matthew Revell - Launchpad.net - free software collaboration and project > hosting > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
